1990-1996: Guest Researcher at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies; the Energy and Environment Programme, the Royal Institute for International Affairs ‘Chatham House’, Londen; Visiting Domingo Moreno Professor, Colorado School of Mines, Golden Colorado, USA; (part-time) Professor International Oil Markets at the University of Amsterdam.

1998-2011: (part-time) senior research fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, The Hague.

2001- : Director of the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP).

2004- : (part-time) Professor of Geopolitics and Energy Management at the University of Groningen.

Other positions

2004-2014: member of the Dutch Energy Council (AER)

2007- : non-executive director of Wintershall Netherlands

2009- : non-executive director Alliander N.V.

2010- : member international advisory board KAPSARC

Education

MA degree in International Relations and Public Law (University of Amsterdam, 1984);

Languages

Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (fair), French (passive).

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